PHP Class HumanNameParser_Parser, HumanNameParser.php

Example usage: $parser = new Parser("John Q. Smith"); echo $parser->getLast() . ", " . $parser->getFirst(); returns "Smith, John"

Public Methods

Method	Description
__construct ( $name = NULL )	* Constructor
getArray ( String $arrType = 'assoc' ) : array	returns all the parts of the name as an array
getFirst ( )
getLast ( )
getMiddle ( )
getName ( )
getNicknames ( )
getSuffix ( )
getleadingInit ( )
setName ( mixed $name = NULL )	Sets name string and parses it.

Method	Description
parse ( )	* Parse the name into its constituent parts.

* Constructor

public __construct ( $name = NULL )
$name		Either a name as a string or as a Name object.

returns all the parts of the name as an array

public getArray ( String $arrType = 'assoc' ) : array
$arrType	String	pass 'int' to get an integer-indexed array (default is associative)
return	array	An array of the name-parts

public getFirst ( )

public getLast ( )

public getMiddle ( )

public getName ( )

public getNicknames ( )

public getSuffix ( )

public getleadingInit ( )

Takes Name object or a simple string (converts the string into a Name obj), parses and loads its constituant parts.

public setName ( mixed $name = NULL )
$name	mixed	Either a name as a string or as a Name object.